Dr. Douglas Horstmanshof - INTEGRIS Advanced Cardiac Care

Dr. Douglas Horstmanshof is Co-Director of INTEGRIS Advanced Cardiac Care and the program director of the Heart Failure Institute (HFI) at INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City.

“Dr. Doug” came to Oklahoma in 2005 to serve patients suffering from advanced heart failure with a complete array of services, including personalized medical management, heart transplantation, and left ventricular assist devices.

 

Dr. Doug was raised in Michigan and earned his undergraduate degree at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He attended medical school at Northwestern University School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society while there. Subsequently, he completed an internship and residency in Internal Medicine, followed by a fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease at Washington University in St. Louis / Barnes-Jewish Hospital. He also served as Chief Resident for the internal medicine training program, providing administrative and educational oversight to approximately 150 medical residents. He received advanced training as the Hawes Fellow in Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation at Washington University, which was followed up by a faculty appointment there until moving to Oklahoma.  He is board-certified in both Cardiovascular Disease and Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

 

As Co-Director of the Advanced Cardiac Care team at INTEGRIS Nazih Zuhdi Transplant Institute (NZTI), Dr. Doug has always focused on individualized patient care with a human touch while utilizing the most advanced heart therapies available in the state of Oklahoma. He and the IACC team have made important contributions to research in the field of advanced heart failure, with publication in multiple journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine. He is also an internationally active educator and speaker with a passion for educating health care providers and patients about heart failure and mechanical circulatory support. Dr. Doug is married to his college sweetheart and has three children. Welcome to Action City, Dr. Doug!